by Art Petty | Jun 25, 2019 | Career, Career Re-mix, Decision-Making
Of all of the monsters lurking in the dark and keeping us from moving forward or onward to new career adventures, fear is the most potent. It’s always present, lurking in the corner ready to pounce just when we sense there’s something new, different, or creative we...
by Art Petty | Jun 24, 2019 | Emerging Leaders, First Time Manager Series, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
The work of new manager development in our organizations is mostly messy. If you’re the new manager, that’s a problem. Ditto for the promoting manager. Too often we thrust our best and brightest individual contributors into this role expecting they’ll...
by Art Petty | Jun 16, 2019 | Challenging Conversations, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Power-Ups, Strategy, The Leadership Opportunity
There’s a surprising lack of context coming from bosses in the workplace about their priorities, challenges, aspirations, and even what keeps them awake at night. This insight deficit is getting in the way of building trust, spurring initiative, and promoting...
by Art Petty | Jun 6, 2019 | Decision-Making, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
I’ve always been attuned to and intrigued by the moments in history and in our organizations where fateful decisions hang in the balance promising to change everything. These are moments when the drama is so thick you can cut it with a knife. Everyone involved...
by Art Petty | Jun 3, 2019 | Challenging Conversations, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine
Seeing situations through the eyes of others may be the most crucial skill you’re not working very hard on in your professional or personal lives. It turns out when you do this—when you truly actually strive to understand how others view situations—the world...
